| Anyone who has problems with hard water knows | | | | bathing so the ions do soak in whether you like it or |
| that potassium or salt based water softeners help | | | | not. Even though it can be slightly more expensive, |
| immensely, so why is it that very few water | | | | you should opt for potassium rather than the salts of |
| purification systems are using potassium? The easy | | | | hard water. If they can form layers on the walls of |
| answer is that most companies are looking at their | | | | the pipes used in your home, what do you think the |
| profits, customers who buy two units instead of one | | | | effect would be on your system? |
| increase those. | | | | Potassium, on the other hand, is a mineral everyone |
| From the consumer's perspective - our perspective - | | | | needs. What's more, most do not get enough of this |
| it makes much more sense to purchase a system | | | | valuable mineral in their daily intake. In fact, studies |
| that does both jobs well; find a system that purifies | | | | suggest that on average, American women only |
| while it softens the water instead of spending money | | | | consume about half of the recommendation, with |
| on both water filtration and water softening. | | | | men's intake slightly higher. With these figures so low, |
| It pays to remember that hard water can damage | | | | it is easy to see the benefits of reducing lead in |
| your pipes, and leave a residual build up that can | | | | water and replacing it with potassium, which is |
| even go as far as eroding the pipes or cause | | | | exactly what water softeners do. |
| blockages. Hard water can also feel slimy, making | | | | A water softener alone is not going to keep your |
| your showers leave you dirty instead of clean. The | | | | drinking water safe though. In fact, water softeners |
| damage to the skin is another drawback of hard | | | | can make your water taste worse than plain tap |
| water; it can dry it out, increasing your budget for | | | | water. It still gives the effect of showering with |
| things such as lotions or special soaps to combat | | | | spring water, but without the safe effects of a filter |
| what should never have happened in the first place. | | | | to take out any contamination that may be present. |
| If that weren't enough, hard water can also leave a | | | | Now imagine a water purification system with |
| soap residue on your skin. | | | | potassium. Instead of having two cumbersome units, |
| Most water softeners use either salt or potassium to | | | | you would only need one, a unit that could reduce |
| replace lead in the water through an ionization | | | | the risk of water borne diseases while still leaving you |
| process. The pores of your skin open when you are | | | | feeling pampered. |